Summary:
This interventional (quasi) comparative clinical study was
conducted on patients with renal stone to find out the stone
pulverization and clearance rate in patients treated by ESWL
under spinal anesthesia and treated by ESWL under
sedation and analgesia.
Selected patients were grouped as ‘Group-A’ for ESWL
under spinal anesthesia & ‘Group-B’ for ESWL under
sedation & analgesia. Immediate stone clearance was much
higher in Group-A (96.7%) than that of Group-B (66.7%).